SATYA PAL AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF U.P. AND ORS.

                          SATYkPAL AND ORS.                                  A
                                      v.
                      THE STATE OF U.P. AND ORS.

                            NOVEMBER 26, 1996

              [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.T. NANAVATI, JJ.]
                                                                             B

         U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad Adhiniyam, 1965:

        Land acquisition under the Adhiniyam-Applicability of Land Acquisi-
  tion (Amendment) Act 68 of 1984-Held, the Land Acquisition Amendment C
  Act 68 of 1984 has no application to the acquisition under the Ad-
  hiniyam-As a result, Section 11-A of the Land Acquisition Act, as amended
  by Act 68 of 1984, has no application-The notification under Adhiniyam
. similar to Section 4(1) and the declaration similar to Section 6 do not stand
  lapsed after the expiry of two years from the date the Amendment Act has D
  come into force-Land Acquisition Officer directed to pass the award within
  a period of six weeks-lf the award is not passed within that period, he should
  award interest on the amount awarded @ 18% from the date of the expiry of
  six weeks till the date of the deposit with him of the compensation by the
  requisitioning authority.
                                                                              E
         Gaurishanka; Gaur v. State of U.P., (1994] 1 SCC 92, referred to.

         U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad, Lucknow v. Lata Awasth~ [1995) 3
 SCC 573 and Ramesh Chandra Tiwari & Ors. v. U.P. Avas Evam Vikas
 Parishad, Lucknow, CA No. 1832/86 decided on 8.1.96, relied on.
                                                                              F
         CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal No. 15399 of
 1996.

      From the Judgment and Order dated 1.11.95 of the Allahabad High
 Court in C.M.W.P. No. 30914 of 1995.
                                                                             G
      H.N. Salve, Sunil K. Jain, J.K. Bhatia and Manish Kumar for the
 Appellants.

      M.N. Krishnamani, Jitender Mahapatra, P.K. Jain, Arvind Kr. Shnkla
 and M.C. Dhingra for the Respondents.                                       H
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    204                    SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R.

A         The following Order of the Court was delivered :

          Leave granted.

          We have heard learn~d counsel on both sides.

B         This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment and order of
    the Division Bench of the High Court of Allahabad, made on November
    1, 1995 in W.P. No. 30914/95.

        The acquisition is under the U .P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishan Ad-
C hiniyam, 1965 (for short, 'Adhiniyam'). The controversy is whether the
  Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 68 of 1984 would apply to the acquisi-
  tion made under the Adhiniyam. In Gaurishankar Gawv.State of U.P.,
  (1994] (1) SCC 92, a Bench of two Judges of this Court, to which one of
  us, K. Ramaswamy, J., was a member, had considered the question. K.
  Ramaswamy, J. had held that this Adhiniyam and the procedure prescribed
D therein vis-a-vis the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (1 of 1894) by incorpora-
  tion and, therefore, the Amendment Act does not apply to the acquisition
  under the Adhiniyam. Hon'ble R.M. Sahai, J. had taken a different view
  on that matter. However, on merit both agreed for shifting of the date for
  payment of the compensation to the later date of declaration as under :
E           "Though for different reasons, we have come to the same con-
            clusions that the civil appeals and writ petitions s\iall stand dis-
            missed. But the appellants and petitioners shall be paid
            compensation on the market rate prevalent in the year. the decla-
            ration analogous to Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
F           were issued. In view of the special facts and peculiar circumstances
            and nor as of law we have adopted this course."

        Subsequently, the question was considered by another Bench of this
  Court in U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Pa1ishad, Lucknow v. Lata Awashti, (1995]
  3 SCC 573, wherein it was held that the Amendment Act has no application
G since some of the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894)
  were incorporated into the Adhiniyarn. The same view was reiterated in
  Ramesh Chandra Tiwari & Ors. v. U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad, Luck-
  now, CA No. 1832/86 decided January 8, 1996 by another Bench. Under
  these circumstances, it is now settled law that the Land Acquisition
H Amendment Act 68 of 1884 has no application to the acquisition under the
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Adhiniyam. As a result, Section 11-A of the land Acquisition Act, as A
amended by Act 68 of 1984, has no application. The notification under
Adhiniyam similar to Secti.on 4(1) and the declaration similar to Secti.on 6
do not stand lapsed after the expiry of two years from the date the
Amendment Act has come into force. The High Court, therefore, was right
in refusing to grant the relief.
                                                                               B
       The Land Acquisition Officer is directed to pass the award in
accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of the
receipt of this order. If the Land Acquisition Officer does not pass the
award within that period, he should award interest on the amount awarded
@ 18% from the date of the expiry of six weeks till the date of the deposit    C
with him of the compensation by the requisitioning authority. In any event,
if the amount is not deposited with the Land Acquisition Officer within a
further period of three months thereafter, there shall be a direction to the
State Govermnent to withdraw from the acquisition.

      The appeal is accordingly ordered. No costs.                             D ·;-
T.N.A                                                      Appeal ordered.